VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-40768

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.30%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-09-18
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

drivers/scsi/stex.c in the Linux kernel through 5.19.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory because stex_queuecommand_lck lacks a memset for the PASSTHRU_CMD case.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-908

Primary references